Running board for automobiles



JulyZl, 1925.

Filed April 1 5, 1924 E. CRAWLEY RUNNING BOARD FOR AUTOMOBILES INVENTOR./'DGHR CRHWLEY JMW@ A TTORNE YS Patented July 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUNNING BOARD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

Application filed April 15, 1924. Serial No. 706,766.

T all whom t may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR CRAWLEY, a citizen ofthe United States of America, and a resident of Uncasville, in thecounty of New London and State of Connecticut,

have invented a new and Improved Running Board for Automobiles, of whichthe following is a description.

My invention relates to a running board for automobiles and has for itsgeneral object to provide a running board that will aff-ord ample escapefor water and dirt and which at the same time will prevent the toe of aperson stepping on the board from marring the sides of the body.

The nature of my invention and its distinguishing features andadvantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part 4ofthis specilication, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of one example of my invention.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a running board embodying my invention;

Figure V2 is a front view thereof;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3 3, Figure l;

Figure 4 is a cross section on the line 1 -4,

Figure 1.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example,the runnin board is made with a series of panels 10 orming the treadsurface of the board.

Between the panels are transverse slots 11 and the side edges of thepanel at the slots 11 flare upwardly as indicated at 12, Figure 3. Inaddition to the transverse slots 11 longitudinal slots 13 are formed inthe running board at the front and back of the 40 panel, the edges atthe sides of the slots being fiared as indicated at 14C.

The front longitudinal slots 13 produce scraper members 15 at the outersides of the slots and along the front of each panel. Thus, ones shoesmay be effectively scraped before stepping on the panel.

The slots 1l and 13 also afford ready escape for dirt and water,preventing the same from collecting on the running board. In o-rdertoprevent the t-oes of the shoes from marring the body I provide on therunning board at the back edge upwardly extending stop flanges 16preferably rising obliquely from the plane of the running board as bestseen in Figure 4. Y

I would state in conclusion that while4 the illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limitmyself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since,manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claim.. k

Having thus described my invention, I claim: I

As an article of manufacture, a running board having a longitudinalseries of imper forate panels, and transverse drainage slots betweenadjacent panels as well as longitudinal drainage slots at both the backand front of each panel, said slots so disposed relatively to theimperforate panels that water may flow from the panels in eitherdirection to find escape through one or other of the said slots.

EDGAR CRAWLEY.

